greendesignek

greendesignek, 21 days ago to random

I think that Biden has an even bigger problem than the fact that he keeps giving taxpayer-funded weapons to Israel to kill Palestinian kids: it's the recognition by many people that the reason for doing so is to appease the #oligarchy actually in charge of our country. That #billionaires , not city leadership, are directing police to suppress free speech. That's not #democracy. #Gaza

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/16/business-leaders-chat-group-eric-adams-columbia-protesters/

greendesignek, 30 days ago to pdx

Love some actual good news! #pdx #cider #portlandcidercompany

"Portland Cider Company’s Original Gold Cider received the best-in-class trophy at the International Brewing and Cider Awards yesterday in London. This is the first time in the competition’s 136-year history that a U.S. cidery has won."

https://www.wweek.com/drink/2024/05/02/portland-cider-co-founder-speechless-at-award/

greendesignek, 1 month ago to random

Breaking news, cis white male Boomer is angry that not everyone thinks he's making great points so he takes his toys and goes home after being held accountable for his BS, playing into racist white nationalist talking points along the way. Good riddance. #npr

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/17/1245283076/npr-editor-uri-berliner-resigns-ceo-katherine-maher

greendesignek, 2 months ago to climate

It is baffling that Democratic leadership has not yet gotten the message. Either Biden can go down in history as a 2-term President who was pro-union, fought #climatechange, & had record job growth... Or, he can be a 1-term Pres remembered for kowtowing to a murderous lunatic who runs a country with less than .03% of our population. #stopfundingisrael #gaza #Palestine

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wisconsin-democrats-biden-gaza-uninstructed_n_660d7d84e4b083254eaa91ca

greendesignek, 3 months ago to portland

This guy is terrible for #Portland
#mayoralrace #orpol #BikeTooter #bikeportland

https://bikeportland.org/2024/02/22/mapps-to-pbot-union-gas-tax-wont-fund-bike-lanes-that-drive-everybody-crazy-384164

greendesignek, 3 months ago to random

It just never ceases to amaze me how bad drivers have gotten in the past few years. We have one car, which I drive as if I'm a grandma riding my bike - aka the speed limit & head on a swivel - because other drivers have gotten so terrible. Does #carbrain cause dementia? Is it all the California drivers? Did everyone just decide that rules don't apply to them anymore? Is it the fentanyl? What is going on? #carssuck

greendesignek, 4 months ago to Alaska

It's really starting to feel like the only safe Boeing planes are those built before 1997:

#boeing #Alaska #airlines

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-not-spirit-mis-installed-piece-that-blew-off-alaska-max-9-jet/

greendesignek, 4 months ago to pdx

I love trees but this is some serious BS & I think I would sue the city. The article makes false equivalence between 1 large tree on private property while the "tree spokesperson" claims that trees save lives. Well sure some do but only in the public sphere & this one almost TOOK lives. A ridiculous policy.
#pdx #portland #pdxtst

https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/01/24/the-city-denied-a-portland-familys-request-to-chop-down-a-douglas-fir-last-week-the-tree-slammed-into-their-home/

greendesignek, 4 months ago to pdx

The last week has been eye-opening for many, many reasons, but another realization that's dawned on me is how anemic our local journalism scene is. I follow every outlet but admittedly don't watch local news, are the news stations covering the storms more than the publications? I know local papers are in bad shape everywhere, I guess I'm just surprised at the scope of this storm vs. coverage (or lack thereof)
#pdx #portland #winterstormgerri #pdxicestorm2024

greendesignek, 4 months ago to portland

Not that my opinion counts for anything, but I think this past week should be "named" as a winter storm. Big damaging storms get names, right? Besides, how else will the NYTimes describe it in their next "pity Portland" article, if they don't know what to call it?

Accepting suggestions below...

#pdxwinterstorm2024 #icestorm #pdxtst #portland

greendesignek, 4 months ago to portland

Tonight's dispatch of PDX Ice Storm 2024 aka the Neverending Frozen Nightmare aka The Precipitating:

We shoveled & cleaned off the sidewalk in front of our house like good neighbors & damn if it isn't a solid sheet of ice out there, AGAIN.

Sidebar, how's everyone doing on food? I think I'm going to have to make that tuna casserole I've been threatening for weeks...

#pdxtst #swportland #winterstorm2024 #icestorm #pdxicestorm2024 #theprecipitating

greendesignek, 4 months ago to portland

When this is all over, out of all the calamities Portlanders have seen in the past few years, I think this week will still stand alone in terms of damage and injury. Everything I've seen, all of your posts, my neighbors in brief frigid conversations... We're a hardy people but this is too much. #pdxtst #portland

https://www.oregonlive.com/weather/2024/01/falling-trees-caught-on-camera-around-portland-area-as-ice-storm-causes-havoc.html

greendesignek, 4 months ago to portland

I'm so glad Carmen Rubio is running for Mayor of #Portland for two reasons: 1) the alternatives are terrible and 2) most importantly, it's time for a woman to be in charge of this city. Men have had their chance for the past 16 years (no offense to my dudes out there) & I don't think we can say we're better for it. #mayor #carmenrubio

https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2024/01/09/46971825/carmen-rubio-enters-2024-portland-mayors-race

greendesignek, 4 months ago to portland

15 deg F in Lair Hill with strong winds & snow all morning. Per my neighbor, a tree fell down across Naito Pkwy earlier & our lights flickered but we've still got power.

#pdxtst #portland #winterstorm #snowmageddon

greendesignek, 4 months ago to cycling

I love a good bike list 😍 🚲

Also, LOL at our 3.5 bike shops / 100k people.

#BikeTooter #portland

https://listwithclever.com/research/most-bike-friendly-cities-us/#ranking-50

greendesignek, 4 months ago to random

Oh, HELL no

#boeing #Capitalism

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/08/boeing-737-max-inspections-begin/

greendesignek, 5 months ago to random

Wow do I feel this: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/01/america-failed-parents-rich-countries-raising-kids/677023/

#childcare

greendesignek, 6 months ago to random

Social media hasn't been this lit since Rush Limbaugh died. #warcriminal #kissinger

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/henry-kissingers-indifference-worlds-most-helpless-people/676177/

greendesignek, 7 months ago to random

This is a real WTF moment and also maybe how zombie movies start? 😳

https://www.opb.org/article/2023/10/23/portland-plane-diverted-engine/

greendesignek, 7 months ago to ebikes

It's raining e-bike articles! #ebikes #BikeTooter

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/10/reasons-to-get-e-bike-emissions-climate-change-benefits/675716/?gift=0y-opnoTKZWjK7d_E4NerVwJUAxsA0-o7IHYiQEv8yI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

greendesignek, 8 months ago to portland

As a follow-up to the wildly terrible idea to tear out a bike lane on SW Broadway by #Portland 's PBOT (but probably by Comm. Mapps), watch this straight 🔥 video by @nerd4cities who used to be a #PDX city planner. I love all of this. (Also much appreciation to #BikePortland who broke the story originally, but for inexplicable reasons is still on bird Twix & not here) #BikeTooter #urbanism #urbanplanning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMmPWAC_eWQ

greendesignek, 8 months ago to portland

More garbage from #Portland City Hall, this time they are actually reversing progress on a bike lane in downtown #PDX, presumably because business owners don't like it. I don't like traffic fatalities more, does that count for anything? #BikeTooter

https://bikeportland.org/2023/09/18/portland-transportation-director-readies-plan-to-remove-key-downtown-protected-bike-lane-379505

greendesignek, 8 months ago to workersrights

Hell yeah, I'm loving this season of Real World: Labor Unions 🥳 #uawstrike #SAGAFTRAStrong #wgaproud #labor #prounion

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/15/uaw-strike-updates/

greendesignek, 8 months ago to portland

It's both a challenging & an exciting time to be living in #Portland. I have been around long enough to watch the motto "The City That Works" erode from reality to a sad joke, but I'm jazzed that we chose to totally overhaul our local government. This is what healthy societies do when stuff is broken - they try something to fix it. Good reading from WWeek:

https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/09/13/the-political-machines-that-for-decades-dominated-portland-elections-must-start-from-scratch/

greendesignek, 9 months ago to random

Dear Corporation That Almost Definitely Started a Fire That Destroyed a Historic Town & Killed Over 100 People: "it's the firefighters' fault" isn't the winning narrative you think it is.
#lahaina #climateresilience

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hawaii-power-utility-takes-responsibility-fire-maui-faults-102621518